THE ARGUMENT, SETTLED!

To seek answers out there, to settle the forever debate between beaches and mountains, we headed out on an excursion astride the Triumph Scrambler 400X

- ANANT PANDEY

Of all the existing arguments in the world, the debate between what’s better, beaches or mountains, is perennial.

It has existed since the existence of these nature’s masterpieces. For a motorcycle-enabled vagabond, this dissension becomes even more prominent. The adrenaline fix after decimating fast-flowing corners that slice their way through deep gorges or the calm that takes over one’s mind while riding alongside a vast sea. The dilemma, is real. To settle this disagreement, one has to be one with the mountains and the sea. When the voices inside the head get louder, people and their arguments louder, a wanderer seeks refuge in the screams and silences of mother nature. When the same arguments surrounded me, I knew what I had to do. The Sahyadris were calling and the Arabian Sea was not far behind either. It was time to scram. Away from the urban cacophony, scrambling away all the plans and responsibilities. The self-assigned tasks were simple: to settle this ceaseless dispute that a person can either be a beach person or a mountain person. And, to choose a motorcycle that would enable me. A motorcycle that would give me an upper hand over all the elements, certain and uncertain.